This is another dispatch from Stephen Haynes:
During the morning practice in which Tom Coughlin told his team “talk is cheap,” Michael Strahan did more schmoozing than sweating.
The loquacious lineman was present but didn’t participate in any of the drills until the afternoon session.
Nevertheless, Strahan agreed with the head coach’s new “let your play do the talking” edict.
“We don’t need to be doing all that yapping because it does nothing,” said Strahan, who along with Umenyiora started the “Ballin’” jump shot sack celebration last season. “It doesn’t help us win games, saying we’re going to do this and that, so we don’t need it.”
Of his laissez-faire practice, Strahan smirked at the importance of June practices.
“This is mini-camp No. 2,010 for me,” he joked. “It’s early. The coaches have made it easier on me; they know I’ll be ready come training camp. [Mini-camp] is good for coming in and seeing the guys and saying, ‘Hey, I’m still alive.’”
Strahan said that although he’s contemplated retirement since his first season, he isn’t ready to call it a career yet.
“Reggie Torbor asked me if I played with Steve DeOssie and I did,” said the 36-year-old. “Then he said that you know it’s time to go when you’ve been teammates with the father and son. But I’m feeling good right now.”